Ola Larses

Ola Larses has over 15 years of experience in various roles related to product development methods, systems engineering, and project management. Ola started their career at Scania as a Systems Engineer, where they worked on the development and architecture design of embedded control systems. During their time at Scania, they also served as an object leader in a large project focused on change and configuration management. Ola then joined Flir Systems as a System Architect, where they were responsible for systems engineering and served as a team manager for multiple development projects. Ola also led organization development efforts to improve development methods. After that, Ola worked at DeLaval as the Manager of Global Development Methods, where they defined and implemented the company's product lifecycle process descriptions and project model. Ola also managed continuous improvements in processes and methods through a team of process owners. Currently, Ola works as an ALM Consultant at Taipuva Consulting Oy, where they provide consulting services in product development methods and systems engineering. Ola is also a partner with Siemens PLM Software, specializing in sales and services of the Polarion ALM tool.

Ola Larses obtained a PhD in Embedded Systems from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, which they completed between the years 2001 and 2005. Prior to that, they pursued an MBA in Business Administration and an MSc in Engineering Physics from Uppsala University, where they studied from 1996 to 2001.